Apple to Developer: Remove "Android" From App Preview

Apple has a fairly infamous track record when it comes to the language it allows in its App Store. Words like "boobs" and "booty" are out. Now "Android" is apparently the latest in a long line of deadly words. According to one developer, Apple has requested that the name of Google's mobile operating system be removed for an app description.

Apple has a fairly infamous track record when it comes to
the language it allows in its App Store. Words like "boobs" and "booty" are
out. Now "Android" is apparently the latest in a long line of deadly words.
According to one developer, Apple has requested that the name of Google's
mobile operating system be removed for an app description.

The original preview for Tim Novikof''s Flash of Genius SAT
flashcard app mentioned that it had been a "finalist in Google's Android
Developer's [sic] Challenge."

So, what's the problem here? Does Apple think that people
might be confused by the mere mention of Android? Nope, Apple's request simply
stated that "providing future platform compatibility plans or other general
platform references are not relevant in the context of the iPhone App Store."

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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